Terrorism And Homeland Security 9th Edition by Jonathan R. White – Test Bank

Terrorism And Homeland Security 9th Edition by Jonathan R. White – Test Bank

1. Israel tends to associate the origin of modern terrorism with the rise of the
   1. True
   2. False

ANSWER: False

REFERENCES: Messy Definition

LEARNING OBJECTIVES: TERR.WHIT.17.09.01 – Explain terrorism from Israeli and Arab points of view.

KEYWORDS: BLOOM’S: Remember

2. In 1959, Arafat formed Fatah, a guerrilla organization, to wage a campaign against
   1. True
   2. False

ANSWER: False

REFERENCES: Messy Definition

LEARNING OBJECTIVES: TERR.WHIT.17.09.02 – Describe the rise of Fatah and the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO).

KEYWORDS: BLOOM’S: Remember

3. The West Bank of the Jordan River was seized by Israel prior to World War
   1. True
   2. False

ANSWER: False

REFERENCES: Messy Definition

LEARNING OBJECTIVES: TERR.WHIT.17.09.02 – Describe the rise of Fatah and the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO).

KEYWORDS: BLOOM’S: Remember

4. From 1967 to 1982, the PLO was characterized by internal
   1. True
   2. False

ANSWER: True

REFERENCES: Factionalism in Palestinian Terrorism

LEARNING OBJECTIVES: TERR.WHIT.17.09.03 – Identify factional groups that emerged from squabbles among the Palestinians.

KEYWORDS: BLOOM’S: Understand

5. The Revolutionary Guards were the militarized quasi-police force of the revolutionary government during the Iranian
   1. True
   2. False

ANSWER: True

REFERENCES: Hezbollah: Local and International

LEARNING OBJECTIVES: TERR.WHIT.17.09.05 – Discuss the origins and growth of Hezbollah after the 1982 Israeli invasion of Lebanon.

KEYWORDS: BLOOM’S: Remember

6. Hezbollah International has cells in the United
   1. True
   2. False

ANSWER: True

REFERENCES: Hezbollah: Local and International

LEARNING OBJECTIVES: TERR.WHIT.17.09.06 – Explain the current political and military aspects of Hezbollah.

KEYWORDS: BLOOM’S: Remember

7. Hezbollah International maintains an extensive international finance ring partially based on smuggling, drugs, and other criminal
   1. True
   2. False

ANSWER: True

REFERENCES: Hezbollah: Local and International

LEARNING OBJECTIVES: TERR.WHIT.17.09.06 – Explain the current political and military aspects of Hezbollah.

KEYWORDS: BLOOM’S: Understand

8. Hezbollah is believed to be responsible for the 1985 hijacking of TWA Flight
   1. True
   2. False

ANSWER: True

REFERENCES: Hezbollah: Local and International

LEARNING OBJECTIVES: TERR.WHIT.17.09.06 – Explain the current political and military aspects of Hezbollah.

KEYWORDS: BLOOM’S: Remember

9. The story of Hamas is tied to Yasser
   1. True
   2. False

ANSWER: False

REFERENCES: Hamas and the Rise of Sunni Religious Organizations

LEARNING OBJECTIVES: TERR.WHIT.17.09.07 – Outline the impact of the first Intifada and the birth of Hamas.

KEYWORDS: BLOOM’S: Remember

10. Hamas runs charities, schools, hospitals, and other social service organizations in Gaza where unemployment is sometimes as high as eighty-five
    1. True
    2. False

ANSWER: True

REFERENCES: Hamas and the Rise of Sunni Religious Organizations

LEARNING OBJECTIVES: TERR.WHIT.17.09.08 – Describe the current operational capabilities of Hamas.

KEYWORDS: BLOOM’S: Remember

11. Suicide bombing became the most important tactic of all the Palestinian terrorist groups at the beginning of the al Aqsa
    1. True
    2. False

ANSWER: True

REFERENCES: Fatah Restructured: The al Aqsa Martyrs Brigades

LEARNING OBJECTIVES: TERR.WHIT.17.09.09 – Summarize the tactics of the al Aqsa Martyrs Brigades.

KEYWORDS: BLOOM’S: Understand

12. Unlike Israel’s excellent tactical record, its counterterrorist policies have stirred international
    1. True
    2. False

ANSWER: True

REFERENCES: Controversial Counterterrorist Policies

LEARNING OBJECTIVES: TERR.WHIT.17.09.10 – Describe controversial efforts to control Palestinian behavior.

KEYWORDS: BLOOM’S: Understand

13. The domestic intelligence service Shin Beth does not operate within Israeli
    1. True
    2. False

ANSWER: False

REFERENCES: Controversial Counterterrorist Policies

LEARNING OBJECTIVES: TERR.WHIT.17.09.10 – Describe controversial efforts to control Palestinian behavior.

KEYWORDS: BLOOM’S: Remember

14. The expertise of Mossad, the Israeli intelligence service, is not highly respected in international intelligence
    1. True
    2. False

ANSWER: False

REFERENCES: Controversial Counterterrorist Policies

LEARNING OBJECTIVES: TERR.WHIT.17.09.10 – Describe controversial efforts to control Palestinian behavior.

KEYWORDS: BLOOM’S: Understand

15. When Israel first faced suicide bombings, the government implemented a controversial policy called bulldozing, whose purpose was to destroy the family homes of suicide
    1. True
    2. False

ANSWER: True

REFERENCES: Controversial Counterterrorist Policies

LEARNING OBJECTIVES: TERR.WHIT.17.09.10 – Describe controversial efforts to control Palestinian behavior.

KEYWORDS: BLOOM’S: Understand

16. In 1959, Arafat formed, a guerrilla organization to wage a campaign against the
    1. Fatah
    2. Hamas
    3. Abu Nidal
    4. PLF

ANSWER: a

REFERENCES: Messy Definition

LEARNING OBJECTIVES: TERR.WHIT.17.09.02 – Describe the rise of Fatah and the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO).

KEYWORDS: BLOOM’S: Remember

17. was the name assumed by Mohammed al-Husseini. Born in Cairo, he was a founding member of Fatah and the
    1. Kahil Wazir
    2. Yasser Arafat
    3. Sabri al-Banna
    4. Hafez Assad

ANSWER: b

REFERENCES: Messy Definition

LEARNING OBJECTIVES: TERR.WHIT.17.09.02 – Describe the rise of Fatah and the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO).

KEYWORDS: BLOOM’S: Remember

18. Black September was a splinter group formed from which terrorist organization?
    1. The PLO
    2. Hamas
    3. Hezbollah
    4. The PIJ

ANSWER: a

REFERENCES: Messy Definition

LEARNING OBJECTIVES: TERR.WHIT.17.09.02 – Describe the rise of Fatah and the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO).

KEYWORDS: BLOOM’S: Remember

19. Thewas a war between Israel and its Arab neighbors fought in June
    1. Yom Kippur War
    2. Four Days’ War
    3. Zionist War
    4. Six-Day War

ANSWER: d

REFERENCES: Messy Definition

LEARNING OBJECTIVES: TERR.WHIT.17.09.02 – Describe the rise of Fatah and the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO).

KEYWORDS: BLOOM’S: Remember

20. Who formed Fatah in 1959?
    1. Fathi Shekaki
    2. Sheik Ahmed Yassin
    3. Yasser Arafat
    4. Ayman al-Zawahiri

ANSWER: c

REFERENCES: Messy Definition

LEARNING OBJECTIVES: TERR.WHIT.17.09.02 – Describe the rise of Fatah and the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO).

KEYWORDS: BLOOM’S: Remember

21. The first spontaneous uprising against Israel, which lasted from 1987 to 1993, is referred to as the
    1. Six-Day War
    2. Operation Peace for Galilee
    3. Intifada
    4. Yom Kippur War

ANSWER: c

REFERENCES: Factionalism in Palestinian Terrorism

LEARNING OBJECTIVES: TERR.WHIT.17.09.03 – Identify factional groups that emerged from squabbles among the Palestinians.

KEYWORDS: BLOOM’S: Remember

22. The groups Abu Abbas, Abdal Fatah Ghanem, and Talat Yaqub all call themselves the:
    1. Fatah
    2. PIJ
    3. PLF
    4. Hamas

ANSWER: c

REFERENCES: Factionalism in Palestinian Terrorism

LEARNING OBJECTIVES: TERR.WHIT.17.09.03 – Identify factional groups that emerged from squabbles among the Palestinians.

KEYWORDS: BLOOM’S: Remember

23. refers to the rebel organization created by Abu Nidal in The name was later changed to the Fatah Revolutionary Council.
    1. PIJ
    2. Black June
    3. Hamas
    4. PLF

ANSWER: b

REFERENCES: Factionalism in Palestinian Terrorism

LEARNING OBJECTIVES: TERR.WHIT.17.09.03 – Identify factional groups that emerged from squabbles among the Palestinians.

KEYWORDS: BLOOM’S: Remember

24. was responsible for the murder of Jordanian ambassadors in Spain, Italy, and India in the
    1. PLO
    2. Hamas
    3. Black June
    4. Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ)

ANSWER: c

REFERENCES: Factionalism in Palestinian Terrorism

LEARNING OBJECTIVES: TERR.WHIT.17.09.03 – Identify factional groups that emerged from squabbles among the Palestinians.

KEYWORDS: BLOOM’S: Understand

25. The al Aqsa Martyrs Brigades are based inrefugee
    1. Iranian
    2. Iraqi
    3. Syrian
    4. West Bank

ANSWER: d

REFERENCES: Factionalism in Palestinian Terrorism

LEARNING OBJECTIVES: TERR.WHIT.17.09.03 – Identify factional groups that emerged from squabbles among the Palestinians.

KEYWORDS: BLOOM’S: Remember

26. The al Aqsa Martyrs Brigades were organized along military lines and became one of the first secular groups in the Middle East to use
    1. nuclear weapons
    2. suicide bombers
    3. cyberterrorism
    4. dirty bombs

ANSWER: b

REFERENCES: Factionalism in Palestinian Terrorism

LEARNING OBJECTIVES: TERR.WHIT.17.09.03 – Identify factional groups that emerged from squabbles among the Palestinians.

KEYWORDS: BLOOM’S: Remember

27. In 2003 the S. Department of Justice took actions againstin Florida, arguing that the group had an organized network of financial supporters around the world, including the United States.
    1. The PIJ
    2. Hamas
    3. Hezbollah
    4. al Aqsa Martyrs Brigades

ANSWER: a

REFERENCES: Factionalism in Palestinian Terrorism

LEARNING OBJECTIVES: TERR.WHIT.17.09.03 – Identify factional groups that emerged from squabbles among the Palestinians.

KEYWORDS: BLOOM’S: Remember

28. Many analysts believe that the majority of funding for Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) activities comes from

.

1. Syria
2. Iraq
3. Iran
4. Afghanistan

ANSWER: c

REFERENCES: Factionalism in Palestinian Terrorism

LEARNING OBJECTIVES: TERR.WHIT.17.09.03 – Identify factional groups that emerged from squabbles among the Palestinians.

KEYWORDS: BLOOM’S: Remember

29. All three factions of the PLF seek to destroy what nation?
    1. Jordan
    2. Syria
    3. Israel
    4. Lebanon

ANSWER: c

REFERENCES: Factionalism in Palestinian Terrorism

LEARNING OBJECTIVES: TERR.WHIT.17.09.03 – Identify factional groups that emerged from squabbles among the Palestinians.

KEYWORDS: BLOOM’S: Understand

30. The al Aqsa Intifada was sparked by Ariel Sharon’s visit towith a group of armed escorts in September
    1. the Temple Mount
    2. the Temple Medina
    3. the Temple Mecca
    4. the Temple Bethlehem

ANSWER: a

REFERENCES: Factionalism in Palestinian Terrorism

LEARNING OBJECTIVES: TERR.WHIT.17.09.03 – Identify factional groups that emerged from squabbles among the Palestinians.

KEYWORDS: BLOOM’S: Remember

31. Hezbollah is centered within what nation?
    1. Lebanon
    2. Iran
    3. Israel
    4. Syria

ANSWER: a

REFERENCES: Hezbollah: Local and International

LEARNING OBJECTIVES: TERR.WHIT.17.09.05 – Discuss the origins and growth of Hezbollah after the 1982 Israeli invasion of Lebanon.

KEYWORDS: BLOOM’S: Remember

32. The Party of God is also known as.
    1. Hezbollah
    2. The IDF
    3. The PLO
    4. Hamas

ANSWER: a

REFERENCES: Hezbollah: Local and International

LEARNING OBJECTIVES: TERR.WHIT.17.09.05 – Discuss the origins and growth of Hezbollah after the 1982 Israeli invasion of Lebanon.

KEYWORDS: BLOOM’S: Remember

33. developed under the leadership of three central figures: Sheik Mohammed Hassan Fadlallah, Abbas Musawi, and Hassan
    1. Hezbollah
    2. The IDF
    3. The PLO
    4. Hamas

ANSWER: a

REFERENCES: Hezbollah: Local and International

LEARNING OBJECTIVES: TERR.WHIT.17.09.05 – Discuss the origins and growth of Hezbollah after the 1982 Israeli invasion of Lebanon.

KEYWORDS: BLOOM’S: Remember

34. The shadowy organization known as Islamic Jihad is connected to which terrorist organization?
    1. Al Qaeda
    2. Hezbollah
    3. PLO
    4. Hamas

ANSWER: b

REFERENCES: Hezbollah: Local and International

LEARNING OBJECTIVES: TERR.WHIT.17.09.05 – Discuss the origins and growth of Hezbollah after the 1982 Israeli invasion of Lebanon.

KEYWORDS: BLOOM’S: Remember

35. struck S. Marines and the French army in October 1983, forcing a withdrawal of a multinational peacekeeping force.
    1. Hezbollah
    2. Mossad
    3. Hamas
    4. The PLO

ANSWER: a

REFERENCES: Hezbollah: Local and International

LEARNING OBJECTIVES: TERR.WHIT.17.09.05 – Discuss the origins and growth of Hezbollah after the 1982 Israeli invasion of Lebanon.

KEYWORDS: BLOOM’S: Remember

36. Most of Hezbollah’s activities deal with the politics ofand the vast social service network it maintains in the
    1. Lebanon
    2. Iraq
    3. Syria
    4. Iran

ANSWER: a

REFERENCES: Hezbollah: Local and International

LEARNING OBJECTIVES: TERR.WHIT.17.09.06 – Explain the current political and military aspects of Hezbollah.

KEYWORDS: BLOOM’S: Understand

37. The future of Hezbollah changed with thecivil
    1. Syrian
    2. Israeli
    3. Jordanian
    4. Egyptian

ANSWER: a

REFERENCES: Hezbollah: Local and International

LEARNING OBJECTIVES: TERR.WHIT.17.09.06 – Explain the current political and military aspects of Hezbollah.

KEYWORDS: BLOOM’S: Understand

38. is the idea that Arabs could create a European-style nation based on a common language and
    1. Arab nationalism
    2. Arab community
    3. Arab-Europe bridge
    4. Arab spring

ANSWER: a

REFERENCES: Hamas and the Rise of Sunni Religious Organizations

LEARNING OBJECTIVES: TERR.WHIT.17.09.07 – Outline the impact of the first Intifada and the birth of Hamas.

KEYWORDS: BLOOM’S: Remember

39. originally started the Palestinian Wing of the Muslim Brotherhood, but merged it into Hamas during the first
    1. Musa Abu Marzuq
    2. Abdel Aziz Rantisi
    3. Mahmud Abbas
    4. AhmedYassin

ANSWER: d

REFERENCES: Hamas and the Rise of Sunni Religious Organizations

LEARNING OBJECTIVES: TERR.WHIT.17.09.07 – Outline the impact of the first Intifada and the birth of Hamas.

KEYWORDS: BLOOM’S: Remember

40. Arab nationalism grew through the early part of the 20th century and flourished until the.
    1. Yom Kippur War
    2. Six-Day War
    3. al Aqsa Intifada
    4. Lebanese Civil War

ANSWER: b

REFERENCES: Hamas and the Rise of Sunni Religious Organizations

LEARNING OBJECTIVES: TERR.WHIT.17.09.07 – Outline the impact of the first Intifada and the birth of Hamas.

KEYWORDS: BLOOM’S: Remember

41. The American-educatedis considered the “outside” leader of
    1. Musa Abu Marzuq
    2. Abdel Aziz Rantisi
    3. Mahmud Abbas
    4. AhmedYassin

ANSWER: a

REFERENCES: Hamas and the Rise of Sunni Religious Organizations

LEARNING OBJECTIVES: TERR.WHIT.17.09.07 – Outline the impact of the first Intifada and the birth of Hamas.

KEYWORDS: BLOOM’S: Remember

42. The Hamas Charter of 1988 declared thatwas a God-given
    1. Israel
    2. Palestine
    3. Jordan
    4. Egypt

ANSWER: b

REFERENCES: Hamas and the Rise of Sunni Religious Organizations

LEARNING OBJECTIVES: TERR.WHIT.17.09.07 – Outline the impact of the first Intifada and the birth of Hamas.

KEYWORDS: BLOOM’S: Understand

43. The president of the Palestinian Authority since 2005,, was a founding member of Fatah and an executive of the
    1. Hafez Assad
    2. Yasser Arafat
    3. Sabri al-Banna
    4. Mahmud Abbas

ANSWER: d

REFERENCES: Hamas and the Rise of Sunni Religious Organizations

LEARNING OBJECTIVES: TERR.WHIT.17.09.08 – Describe the current operational capabilities of Hamas.

KEYWORDS: BLOOM’S: Remember

44. ______________ won control of the Palestinian government in
    1. Hezbollah
    2. Hamas
    3. The PLO
    4. The PIJ

ANSWER: b

REFERENCES: Hamas and the Rise of Sunni Religious Organizations

LEARNING OBJECTIVES: TERR.WHIT.17.09.08 – Describe the current operational capabilities of Hamas.

KEYWORDS: BLOOM’S: Remember